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F. MANKEY.

OORNIGE. No. 842,024. Patented May 18, 1886 tree.

FREDERICK MANKEY, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

Cosmos.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,024, dated May 18, 1886 Application filed August 25, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MANKEY, of \Villiamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oornices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an ornamental cornice formed of wood; and it consists in the constructionthereof, more particularly here inafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of lily-improved cornice. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the liner: :0 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The principal feature of my invention consists in constructing the cove portion of the cornice from a single board or plank, A,wl1ich has been treated in the following manner: In the front portion of said board A, I form a longitudinal rounded or curved depression or trough, I3, which constitutes the cove. Upon the face of said rounded portion I produce, preferably by the action of rotary cutters, a series of channels, J, transverse to the grain, leaving between said channels bars or ribs 0. The back of the board A is left straight, and the edges D and E are beveled, as shown. Along said edges D and E,,I prefer to secure molding-strips of any desired pattern as, for

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example, the strips F G H, applied to edge D, and the strips I, applied to edge E.

By forming the cove portion A of the cornice from a single board, hollowed-and transversely-channeled, as described, I am enabled to produce a cornice of wood very cheaply and easily, and one which can be advantageously used to replace the plaster cornices commonly employed upon the walls of rooms.

I claim v 1. A cornice containing a cove portion formed of a single board or plank, the said board having in its outer side and extending longitudinally thereon a curved depression, and in said depression a series of alternating transverse channels and bars formed from and integral with said board, substantial] y as described.

2. A cornice containing a cove portion formed of a single board or plank, the said board having in its outer side and extending longitudinally thereon a curved depression, and in said depression a series of alternating transverse channels and bars, in combination with molding-strips attached to the edges of said board, substantially as described.

FREDERICK M ANKEY.

\Vitnesses:

Annrson Gannon, GEO. L. SANDERSON. 

